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N4 PETERS, Pilota-Lilhagmpher, Walhq pppppp 4o blade, which is quite narrow and would not llNrrnn STATES THOMAS SELLER, OF VERSAILLES, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOE OE ONE-HALF TO VESLEY YOUNG, OE DAYTON, OI-IIO.

DIBBLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 385,324, dated June 26, 1888.

Application filed September 5, 1887. Serial No. 248.345. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS SELLER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Versailles, in the county of Voodford and 5 State of Kentucky, have invented a new and Improved Dibble; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures ro and letters of reference marked thereon.

y My improved implement or dibble is designed particularly for use in the construction of' hedge fences, being employed in the setting or planting of the plants for such fences.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspeetive view of the implement; Fig. 2, a partial longitudinal sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 a crosssectional view of the blade thereof.

Similar letters of reference in the several iigures indicate the same parts.

The blade A of theimplement is quite long, straight, twoedged, and pointed, and in crossseetionispreferably diamondshaped,as shown 25 in Figb 3. It is provided with shoulders a a at its upper portion and with a shank, a.

The handle B is made straight and is of the variety knownl as a Dvhandle.77 Upon its end in which the shank of the blade is in- 5o sorted is secured a stout ferrule or socket, C, which is provided with lugs or projections D D, for confining the upper portion of the blade A and preventing its turning, and with stout laterally -projecting arms E E, which 3 5 serve as foot-rests, upon which the user may press with his foot toforee the implement into the ground.

It will be observed that these arms or footrests E E project beyond the edges of the flat seat for the confining-lugs on either side, as Will be readily understood upon an inspection of Fig. l.

In using the implement to set a plant the operator grasps it by its handle and vwith his 55 foot presses the blade into the ground to the required depth. Then by one or two sdewise motions ofthe handle the opening cut by the blade is opened or widened, the blade withdrawn, and the plant inserted, after which the earth is closed around the 'plant by forcing the blade into the ground again near theplant and crowding the earth toward the plant bya movement of' the handle, as will be readily understood. l

The form of the blade, it will be observed, is such as to render it a very easy matter to force it into the ground and at the same time give itthe degree of lateral stiffness necessary for it to have in order to withstand the strain to which it is subjected when in use.

In order to render the connection between the parts more substantial and prevent them by any possibility from becoming loose, I pret'- erably passone or more rivets, G, th rough the socket, handle, and the shank of the blade, as shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention, what-I claim as new is l. In the herein-described dibble, the conibination of the straight-pointed blade substantially diamond shape in crosssection, the straight handle, and the socket having the central downwardly-projecting lugs D,e1nbracing the blade at the center on either' side, and the arms E, made integral with said socket and extending outward beyond the edges of the blade, forming foot-rests for the operator, lying on and supported by thetop of said blade, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In the hereiudescribed dibble, the cornbination, with the straight handle having the socket on its lower end provided with the central downwardly-projecting lugs embracing the flat portion of the blade on each side, and the laterally-projecting arms forming footrests projecting beyond the edges of the blade formed integral therewith, the blade substantially diamond shape in cross-section with its upper part flattened and tapered to form the shank,and the rivet passi ng through the socket, handle, and shank for uniting the parts, sub` stantially as and for the purpose set forth.

THOS. SELLER.

lVitnesses:

K. G. MADERrA, W. C. PARKER. 

